ES BY THE STREAM. Be see a eres iu By ties Daudet, ‘A battle here? But there never was the were going vs ae and plunder ev- Break rank: zfo yas an old san, al ga, nai the Crimean and Italian medals, and i. oe i eae going way about a The settled, and ny’s Sees ites gay is we 2,000 francs self, z For all that, they were a lot of ras: yf the and. Ah, you'd the Seog people would bave heard their BEN te SARC in spite oF Chole cla sI- ground. At first our artillerym eek mistake ts ates a spi on “But ‘that was just the i Weptoaludl At them. get that pay night! Down chere Paris __ ‘was blazing, the Hotel de Ville, the ar warehouses, goods. aoe and singing with a * nai ‘The in ae there hid in the, ae: I was the cemetery, tomb ani low hid away in a corner of a ned hog ‘anything, 20. smash Hee tor kim! oe cem monuments, not even the Duke of Mor- worth i with shells—no, with blood and flame, were wel what iapgensd.* Thad ue jace—that little hut you see ressed, 01 my bed, keeping my ie lighted ae if nigh I of a sud- re was a rough aig at the usigns, a surgeon. They said to me: “Get up! Make us some Lig I got up. I made the coffee for them You could hear in the cemet confused movement, as if all were rousing them- Readies it’s an invention of place was full of eee and| holy men ever came that way, they ° Fe 1st en they put me at the head| found the place full of sinners Pee oe acd ae IB care hed of a squad, and they set us to searcl| landlord and most of bis customers 3 es were a hard lot, and during the four by. tomb. ae ; From : time to time the soidiers would see the oe iecwaes leaves stir and would fire a shot dow? | yaq nam 2 oe @ path at a bust or a grating. Her who were asleep as the thought Bey ‘were ital to die couldn’t wake them up. They made them file-into the lower cia of the etery, and then the volleys began. ae were 147 of them. Do you-su) on it, by the light of blazing Paris. 1 called up that night in May, streaked je great lonesome cenietery as br! right: Be lighted up as a at on holiday; the middle of the fe et one all around, t sie ‘open vaults, the orgies in th looked on.—Hxchange. i Sentin A wise man will mia the eae at eet Hen even if it is not the conven- bt, Captain Slo- cee Ae on his sloop; the Spray, around the world ate a a Nercaeh of slaaids, iaeate s in the Cockburn, channel, mb Tesdavinto: the-stealt: of Magellan point opposite Cape Froward and nee she ‘Thieves’ Pay, sug- tively named. That nigh~ she i naotil they stepped on that I had t) ‘They howled of hounds are| was at home, and then again, feeling sure I should not be see CES hae Sean eet he nhs artiegian; being cruel, are natu- rally cowards and regard a rifle with ace or to anchor within range, where they might lie in ambush. darker. Only think what if mince p' were instead of baked! Par Exam George—Just “ser tates Isn’t our baby the finest in to Father—It may be, heres but Lope | th If you have ever visited the city of Zacetacas, Mexi heard the story by word of mouth, you will be interested in it. four miles out of ruins of the inn. ae have been ruins can ot tery & MUI- | that any hie into decay. given it when it was built and opened for business was “The Holy Rest.” The name bad no peculiar significance. If to darkness and the bat soon had the reputation of being haunt- ed, and after a couple of years rse nal te ie of the est: families of Een 16 *!any foolish Darkness and Digestion. ‘The world is dark, but it might bs te it won't turn out to be like a car win- | strongl; Tha Devil’s Inn. BY M QUAD. COPratouT, 1000, BY ¢. B. LEWIS, ico, you have heard the On the highway to San Luls, about cetacas, are the ten years previous to e inn was unoccupied an The name ee occurred te gave It a still man: belongi vided Nit ache and was seen 2 en- r the place by a window. y his faker body was yond on the ER: d been attacked by a ‘The search was being — ne ached ‘hls body had but the facts. stopped beast in Mexico who could have done such a thi I was one of the four American civil to me. houses, and my astic Sena tigi = eee Per aps thin; would not bave gone as far as they did bole tor the chief of police of Zacetacas, led on me one day in serious ein and said: “ want to warn you against making move in connection witb e Devil’s Inn.’ The place ter what you may think. enough to pay ita night visit, as I hear You contemplate doing had con enolate nothing of the ind, but the chief had scarcely finisb- when I was resolved to take that equipped with everything dee: essary, wi re driven out tot the Inn. After shaking hands and bidding aa well with those who had us dow, and the carri: ai it ‘was a rambling one story ballding con- taining 14 rooms. ap office or bar room, lining room, a kitchen, and the remainder were sleeping rooms.. r under the kitchen 6! > of 50 soldiers went out the dampness. We seers ont pipes, wine and ee nh pack cards neither of us had one ‘tigen idea ot anything a ing to alarm As we sat own ae the cards our suet were laid ble, and we lat the doors shut stout ere and our first alarm came whep one of these boards fell down and the so that we could itchen. ‘The fall of the board looked like an accident, but there was something the way the door swung clear back. Both of us were a bit mystified, but we arose and ured the door aj went 01 with our game. This incident happen- ed about 10 o'clock. Three-quarters of say seas heard it creak and give, but muld see a brace quiver under itmost caution, we graspe wwe reached it, we suddenly fork the the office with our candles, but he spiders in their webs were the only ving inmates. Some one had tried Some one had flung It wide and 1 spoke in whispers ea cept very quiet: e abandoned the alf an were me Beueeyy nodding in sleep both s 5 $ 5 5 3 & g EI dow and an for our lives and in time reach: ed the city. Neither of us was much at out had fired the place by accident or desien, Hee ae stoke stained adobe ere for you to see an iene sae Doctors and Beards, e very much legs latitude ial decoration. ae men of any other profession because seems to be taken as a settled fact ‘hat whose name only a mustache. say that “professional reasons them to wear beards. “Youthfulness in a doctor seems to be more a a ee than in any other pro’ e deal of ce "aire men having to dye hair and mustache if they want fo woke beards, whether these ai coming to them or a Time. One trouble with th many poultry keepers is that they are ving to ancy ject working knowledge of the elementary things in poultry culture, oe he ginner or 01 rsistent fail- at will find it worth a trial at least to ignore for the time other ‘ate and make an effort to attain ‘of some one matter in poultry scene ‘A Reflection. Fuddy—Do you really believe that drummers are as smart they are said to be? Duddy—I never believe in impossi- be ‘They neyer succeed in selling would tion of. layers, as it is ane joked soe restraint We on importance volyers and tiptoed to the door. Whe0| know: ‘be able to pick out the others without afraid. y When the door pee epee secured as before, we return yur game and breed ke rs were suddenly moe e cnapat shows. hallway in front of this room. back of this hallway the coops“‘I I” are Then com i WORKING FOR EGGS. than hate ier a first form: was growing a the organs not develo} outh ~ stren; ns. 5 seized, | of pallets is of suprel ‘ who require of eggs all the year rou joes not? Supposing the first batch for these strong detachment of police, found nothing but the walls standing. The) j.9), unknown @omething that had flung us ing pens shown. “A AA.” Then and ee 5 with ‘Chai ir. J oa last night ster, sul Mr. aes backbiter, sub, should go righ’ anything. S Myaddy—It does look like a refiection| their alleged smartness to at do it stra my style, sub] ae aie = a aspersions upon de to divert ourselves, Be aad keesancion oe. Ftaetn’ ta. tha Wom to Get Winter Eggs. It would be better if poultry keeper interest themselves in the selet really of mon exhibition points, be he will soon brace away and sprang back. The door} watching tiem flew back with great violence, but there| ‘The first one or two Litters ef eggs was nobody on the other side. We en- laid by pallets are n iceatl a time when the Da Selections should be annually made both felt bora and mystified and @ bit| for the purpose of keeping up the places of pease fowls st Lace other it differen: atter of a succession cis they, m= in American Poultry Jour- Hor ne Serene ae fs for a person with little room who wishes to” keep but one yariety of fowls. The size of the building Is 10 by 12 feet, divided and the other half for a roost- placed below tio’ bat of the hallway round. The bottom of was f1 a ‘Then he began to I looked at him. I pose ant went on to call me ‘Char ley.’ Then I called him ‘Jack.’ That cured _bi ind he dro} But I Backbite N F m—Did you remawk at de dat I looked [ke a lob- fo, sub. I am no ft Me tocast any family, 1 yt to : fish market and deyr faces, suh. Dat’r Ss © Da SABBATH SCHOOL TOILS. The Rev. Dr. Talmage Gives Some Good. Advice. A despatch from Washington says; {n Rey. Dr. Talmage preached from the books do not Jet ‘the angelic and the} A hb following text:—“And Jonathan wave | dlabolio efface the human, Oh, the| the Sunday 1 for one reason ;-it his pees unto his lad.?—1 Sam-| power in a Sunday school book! Oh, | gets the children out of the house long uel jthe omnipotence of a Sunday school went out to| book! 'A great m The School libraries in this benaties need the blessed fumigation and the of a stout, healthy. Christian ture. spool with a boy, th in charge of the boy to take home again. “And Jonathan delivered his artillery unto his. lad. iends, we soon wi with this Shy conflict, and we are going to hand over our weapons unto the children. They will take our Bhi F press, our offices, our shop: proved bymnology. tion. (And if a church tor, ora choir, who love God and keg hoisting higher than the standard on which is inscribed the British lion has more eff ous insignia of the Lamb that taketh’ i the a propose to out what I consider shall be the line of Sabbath school | 2 advance: | wi ed Sabbath school architecture. In; CO™ school rooms let} marshaled an army or of light—light clear | Conquered an empire, and beautiful, such as God pours out of the sun every day—a wart full of advance will be through improved in. but they are going to be more com Petent. What do you gay is the firs qualification? bar celestial world strikes through the cloud-racks and comes dripping over the battlement, in purple and saffron ers and their classes. t not the boitled-up air of other Sun- days kept over from week to week, path of eternal life. sible for a moral man o it down by a children, trying to lead them into the pictured, carpeted. bath school advance shall be amid pictured walls and over carpeted floors, and I give an command to~ aan March! there is no army that can stand be- | children will live; go that this after fore you. The cowards will fly like | noon, ag you fake. your place before thistle-down in a tempest. Until we| them, look them in the eye, and as have in thg United States and in Eng- | you see them interested in the lesson, land the right kind of Sunday sen | de do your best for God und eterni rooms, we will not have the ri ee at tach of the four, saying kind of Sunday schools. ithin yourself; “Immortal! immor- Again, I remark, the line of Sun- fal day school advance in this country| Be punctual. will be through an pe Sunday | late clags, A punctual teacher makes school literature. azed to|a punctual class, ‘With wonderful see what kind of ee ast i into the | regularity the world moves, Hundreds Sunday school libraries, Sentimeantal | of years before, the astronomer will love stories, biographies of. oe fei you what time the gun will rise b bra nd set. The quecrest comet has a rodpell ‘| { Bes 0 thatthe philosopher will tell accounts. of | you what night it will-first appear. ie At just the right time the bud bursts Alate teacher makes The poor little day-schools and darling goes home with her library always behind. It should happen book thinking she has heaven under’ to se¢ them prompt on any one oc- ber arm, bat by the tinie she’ has reud casion you would think it a phenom- enon; you wotld have to look again nge, she thinks and again, lést it, were an optical de- she mast be geiting lotsiof religion. I lusion. The fact was they were bora tell you there is no excuse for getting too waa no juvenile fiterature worth any- possible for them to sleep over. Be best minds of Europe and’ prompt—not only prompt at the be- America are now preparing junvenile ginning, but prompt at the close. tA literature, Reject from your Sunday Sabbath-school that lasts mere than fit for the child whose taste ia to be | Cbristien workers get worn out, and formed, and whose habita, are to be| they are unfit for the other duties of established, and whose immortal soul| the holy Sabbath day. Begin prompt- is to be saved. | Let not’ the fascina-! ly at t the right time. Close promptly ae ot neg apologize Yor (the Jack /at the right time. You have a halt of t Mistake. not trash ard Slops| hour or an-hour to d0°the-work far for ed De not “books: bbath-school. You cannot catob chil- or lower then: ita digalty, ee with the vinegar of « sour via-| 8! the chotce of your Sunday school infusion litera- I remark again: One line of Sabbath- school advance will bo through an im- Choirs ought to be. the best people! in the church, and they sometimes are; but choirs that ae and laugh, and write notes dur-| poet: g the service, and yawn, and get ap, sit down, and go out, and shuffle intolerable niisance. I have|are on th sometimes been afflicted in that direc- has a precen- * his commandmenis, that church ought children. | 64. and the Russian bear the more glori-| The little feet will not keep atep with |... It will be through improv-| that man did more for the race who Again; The line off Sibbath-school r the country engaged in this business, You saya man must , be a Christian, Ido not agree with every teacher moral and upright. That moh a wenn te "tw tone |THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, or class of fiva or ten age, and all the countless worlds that glitter at night shall-bove been swept | 2&2 Dress on the! Off by the Almighty's’ breath as the And} small dust of a threshing floor, those age; you may catch them with Gospel honey. Let your features all shine out the truth:.“ Religion has made happy—religion will make you happy.” paration for our work—I for: the-pul- pit, and you for the olass. Let us Ameo! down before God to-day and ask enough’ to allow them to take a good nap on Sunday afternoon, They have a| no idea that this institution takes hold of all the mercantile, agricultural, manufacturing, aera, political and religious interests of the country. They do np ae this institu- tion is deciding whether we shall be a nation of freemen or slaves. They do to make the thinkers, the writers, the s, the ree ae lawyers, the eee and the clergymen of the en out and gather the children, 7 on e commons ‘t sight of the spires of your ch yet they know no more of God or P| heaven than if they had been born in Central Africa, Go out and gath- ‘°' er them im, and while you are bless- ing them you yourselves will be-bless- “Oh!” you say, “they are mot washed." Then wash them, washed the Se feet, ‘en. oa them, and become im the high- sense Christian ‘hair-dressers. “But, ” you say, “their apparel is not decent enough for a religious assem- "Then beg or buy proper gar- ments for them. Take your old coat or your old dress and refashion it, and before you get it fixed up a voice will drop from the ceiling, saying, “I me.” We = them, mn: t ters, and the lost ohildren of. Jacob for his sons so many yea shal my prayer while T live, and my prayer when I die: “The angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless he fads.” ———— “Jesus o echo Matt. 26. 36-46. Ke 22, 42, PT a ee Verse 36, Then cometh Jesus with mn, “A garden ealled the oil press.” There were many such gardens or orchards, a3 we would call at Olivet. they a, is now a dry river-bed, and to have Had any water except during and immediately after the rainy sea- the turfy sods of Mownt Olivet. ably “at: the garden gate. and pray yonder. Probably in the shady depths of the orchard. It will interest {ve scholars to search for the names of the disciples that were ‘told Not arty betas his Master; not . Peter nor John, as the next verse Shi us. four were omitted; which eight are Igft? 37.) He took with ‘him Peter and the fwo sons of Zebedee: The parti- ality of Jesus for these three men— Peter, James, and Jobn—is noticeable ‘oughout the gospel story. They had_ been ae him when he called Back a human spirit from the region at the zenith of his career, when he yh { my friends, we all need better pre-| 38. n | ages men have been put into diaboli- not realize that these institutions are | became ¢|fear of Calvary at all, on | f all for which he left heaven. Sci- wait thy benediction. Tha prayer of {Other § INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEB. 24 a ‘even in our Lord's day does not seeim | Pass: ik z from-such. physical pe a as wi chial ti Tungs and paevelald pneumonia or of the dead, they had been with him ‘gokdeungtind: Sah i ane ‘tala the. enormous ele whi tke i cahbe awe fellowship in hours of darkness and of sorrow is one of the desires of love, and is ns the hearts in which love‘ls thefrichest." | My soul is; exceeding sorrow- fuly*even unto-death. used to describe his ago suggestion. : sorrow, besieged with sorrow. cal machines that pressed them But here was a case where the pressure on the mind “even unto death.” Tarry ye here. and watch with me. These three men are requested to be an inner guard, fso that if the ight outer ones. were © overcome by fatigue there would till be some guards to notify their Master when the. trai- tor and hig cruel band arrived. Luke tells us that in his agony his sweat aa it were great drops of blood; the writer of Hebrews tells us of his strong crying and tears. ‘This waa not shrinking from death, whose dark ghadows had lain “across. ever, day of hig lifie; It was shrinking from the untold horrors of the aggregate sin of humanity. All the the atonement are ins several other Christian eae Te the great sorrow ‘of fesus in the garden came not from it from fear of failure through physical strength to reach Calvary and 50 loss ence cannot catalogue and define the for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities; the Lord had Jaid on bim the iniquity of us gil. 89. ‘He went a little further. Deeper longing of the spirit strength of his ‘body. Jesus practices the faith‘ he taught his followers. the sparrow, who nurtured the lilies, who ‘numbers the hairs of our head, whose heart and love and power and care are all far more than a human ther’sf— ha is our God, and to him, hy a unique meaning in the word Father, Jcaus addresses his praery. If it uages, and is carried on in essence in Every hour of es may be said to be a cup brim- The first y varies in structure in the dif- tthew oe “an Uc cs our word “fulfill.” our lives ming with joy or, sorrow. phrase ferent records. Ma Our Heine human_uature is pouring itself out before God. _ From such mental ‘tor- vure as ,was his now and and spirit ‘was | the 0 Mark says “ ar.”” ‘The phrases | fresh dangers, he adds, Behold, the anthe same. . The Hebrew idiom} hour is at hand, and the Son of man of a cup has passed into many lan- we offer thia prayer t ab least, ein al be done" agonies of our lives oan we by faith in Christ aie it as he did? made their eyes heavy, intense strain meee hourg of excitement had been all the circumstances of Nee, and they yielded to slumbers ae Lord’s human ature oraved and eatly prayera and tele sympathy, nevertheless his re- ig very gentle, ‘It is to Peter he expresses his keen “dite appointment—What, could ye not watch with me one hour f—poor Peter, whose confidence had 80 great and whose failure was so imminent. It is better, far better, to conquer sorrow, need all your human ability and all of Heaven's “assistance. That ye enter “not into temptation, They in the pete possible danger - of almost every 501 their Master was fighting a tremendous battle and the full victory had not yet been won, for hours after this the struggle was still going on. Physically his disciples were in great danger,and: spiritually in even greater danger, but they apprehended neither, and cot sleep! The « ont indeed is willing,but the flesh is weak, are words of sine gular tenderness, and at the same time words of warning. The moral and physical natures are eager to do right, but the mental and physical na- tures are worn and weary; such con- ion imperatively need prayer and watcbfulness. “A second and a third time our Lord withdraws to pray and to surrender ‘himself to his Father's ue and a seodnd and third time he urns to his three ee eee & oe them asleep. His words, when fouthe third timé he wakens them, are full of lover Sleep on now, and take your, rest. proach for their failure to help when help was needed. Suddenly, as if wakening to asense of other and is betrayed into the hands of sinners, Rise, let us be going; behold, he is at hard that doth betray me, Se tee WRITING PAPER. 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